i officially have them.
my current daily (hourly?) craving is cranberries. no joke, i've been stalking the produce section for fresh cranberries. i ask every time i go in - fresh cranberries yet? and they always respond telling me not yet, not in season. well they are in WI, so you go get me some, produce guy!
but this last week, after returning to the produce section 3 times (yes, three, in one shopping trip), i did one last check over and sure enough, fresh bags of cranberries! i threw two in my cart where they joined a bottle of cranberry juice, craisins, and cranberry yogurt. i took out the canned whole berry sauce due to high fructose corn syrup content. i can make my own now.
i'm currently sipping a cranberry and seltzer water cooler. already made pumpkin cranberry muffins. baby wants craisins for snack. can't help it!
oh, also craving malts. i finally gave in after a few weeks of thinking about them. and by i gave in, i mean mr. h3b is out picking up chocolate ice cream, milk, and malt powder this very minute.
baby needs malts.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
18 week belly
total weight gain: haven't been weighed again
maternity clothes? jeans, some shirts...mostly wearing leggings and tunics
sleep: restless one night, so tired i sleep good the next night cycle
best moment this week: mr. h3b feeling the baby on the outside
movement: yes
gender: nov. 9
labor signs: none
belly button in or out? barely in, painfully stretched
food cravings: sushi (had it today - i don't eat raw fish)
what i miss: still champagne
what i am looking forward to: gender and the belly rounding out
weekly wisdom: watch the proposal - it's a funny movie
milestones: baby kicks felt from the outside
Friday, October 23, 2009
18 weeks
lot's of movement!
this past week brought more movement, different movement, and externally-felt pokes. i still get the flip flop feeling, bit i've started to feel individual pokes on the inside. mr. h3b spent the beginning of the week trying to feel. he's so cute - he puts his hand on my belly button...but baby h3b is way down low still. he felt nothing and i said we'd have to wait a few weeks.
but the "kicks", which i call pokes because they're barely that, kept getting stronger. so i'd lay with my hand on my low belly, trying to feel on the outside what was jumping around on the inside. on wednesday night, we were laying in bed watching a show on hulu, and because baby h3b's favorite time to move is late at night when i'm laying on my back, i started to feel the pokes. so i put my hand on my belly and i swear i could feel it, finally, on the outside. mr. h3b put his hand on the belly and we waited. a minute went by and then, poke. there! i said and sure enough, he had felt it!
so at 17 weeks 5 days, mr. h3b felt the baby kick :) now we both have connected and i'm sure it will just get stronger and easier to feel. i can't wait to add a gender to this little being that dances around every night. only a few weeks to go and i get more excited everyday. i want to call it he or she and think about names and bedding and all that fun stuff.
can't wait!
this past week brought more movement, different movement, and externally-felt pokes. i still get the flip flop feeling, bit i've started to feel individual pokes on the inside. mr. h3b spent the beginning of the week trying to feel. he's so cute - he puts his hand on my belly button...but baby h3b is way down low still. he felt nothing and i said we'd have to wait a few weeks.
but the "kicks", which i call pokes because they're barely that, kept getting stronger. so i'd lay with my hand on my low belly, trying to feel on the outside what was jumping around on the inside. on wednesday night, we were laying in bed watching a show on hulu, and because baby h3b's favorite time to move is late at night when i'm laying on my back, i started to feel the pokes. so i put my hand on my belly and i swear i could feel it, finally, on the outside. mr. h3b put his hand on the belly and we waited. a minute went by and then, poke. there! i said and sure enough, he had felt it!
so at 17 weeks 5 days, mr. h3b felt the baby kick :) now we both have connected and i'm sure it will just get stronger and easier to feel. i can't wait to add a gender to this little being that dances around every night. only a few weeks to go and i get more excited everyday. i want to call it he or she and think about names and bedding and all that fun stuff.
can't wait!
Monday, October 19, 2009
17 week belly
i decided to add this poll i've seen around to my weekly belly pictures.
how far along? 17 weeks
total weight gain: 5 from my first weigh in at 7 weeks, but i know it's more than that total
maternity clothes? yes on jeans and some shirts, but i can still fit into most of my non-mat stuff
sleep: i need to change positions often and i get up to pee 1-2 times a night
best moment this week: hearing the heartbeat again and knowing that it really is movement i feel
movement: yes, but faint
gender: nov. 9. i think boy, but i hope girl. mr. h3b hopes boy
labor signs: none
belly button in or out? in but shallow
what i miss: for the first time, this week i miss drinks. i want sangria, margarita, & champagne!
what i am looking forward to: finding out the gender soon
weekly wisdom: don't buy liz lange maternity jeans unless you feel like feeling fat
milestones: feeling movement frequently
Friday, October 16, 2009
17 weeks
wow, 17 weeks!
honestly, i cannot believe i'm this far along. the big stuff is coming so soon. bigger belly, big news about gender, even bigger belly, and then baby. and some stuff in between. everyday i feel more excited and i'm now starting to think more about the baby than just being pregnant. the more i read, the more i connect with the tiny being. it's a real baby! it's growing and now i am sure that i have felt it move. i feel the rolling almost everyday.
my belly is looking pregnant, now. but so are my sides (muffin top without pants on?!), butt, and thighs. from the front, you can see the changing shape of my belly, but all i can focus on is how damn big everything else is getting. i don't think the baby needs extra thigh jiggle, right? and while i'm not too hungry during the day, by 6 pm i become an eating machine. i eat, small meals all day - snacks of fruits and veggies, yogurt and cottage cheese, etc, so it's not like i'm starving myself. but i eat dinner, a full meal, and in an hour i start rummaging in the kitchen. i start by choosing healthy things. first an apple with peanut butter. then some celery sticks with yogurt ranch. um, then sorbet or a skinny cow ice cream bar. then cravings for frozen pizza, corndogs, chips, and soda set in. why? i don't need these things, but i feel so hungry for them. my stomach growls. i try to resist (we don't have those things anyway), but i know it's not long before 11 pm milk shake runs could be the norm. i blame baby h3b 100%!
i forgot to mention that at my recent appointment, we set a date to have our big ultrasound. we'll find out boy or girl on monday, november 9!
did you vote?
honestly, i cannot believe i'm this far along. the big stuff is coming so soon. bigger belly, big news about gender, even bigger belly, and then baby. and some stuff in between. everyday i feel more excited and i'm now starting to think more about the baby than just being pregnant. the more i read, the more i connect with the tiny being. it's a real baby! it's growing and now i am sure that i have felt it move. i feel the rolling almost everyday.
my belly is looking pregnant, now. but so are my sides (muffin top without pants on?!), butt, and thighs. from the front, you can see the changing shape of my belly, but all i can focus on is how damn big everything else is getting. i don't think the baby needs extra thigh jiggle, right? and while i'm not too hungry during the day, by 6 pm i become an eating machine. i eat, small meals all day - snacks of fruits and veggies, yogurt and cottage cheese, etc, so it's not like i'm starving myself. but i eat dinner, a full meal, and in an hour i start rummaging in the kitchen. i start by choosing healthy things. first an apple with peanut butter. then some celery sticks with yogurt ranch. um, then sorbet or a skinny cow ice cream bar. then cravings for frozen pizza, corndogs, chips, and soda set in. why? i don't need these things, but i feel so hungry for them. my stomach growls. i try to resist (we don't have those things anyway), but i know it's not long before 11 pm milk shake runs could be the norm. i blame baby h3b 100%!
i forgot to mention that at my recent appointment, we set a date to have our big ultrasound. we'll find out boy or girl on monday, november 9!
did you vote?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
i have a doctor!
baby h3b is good.
yesterday i had my first appointment with my new doctor. i really liked her and am happy to see her for the rest of this pregnancy. she was honest and candid and i feel very comfortable with a delivery in the connected hospital. she said she'll do her best to deliver baby h3b, but that one of the 6 other doctors in the practice may also be on call during that time and could potentially be at the delivery, instead. i feel good knowing that i can meet them all, in advance, if i want and that they have similar birth philosophies. it's the most prepared i felt yet regarding prenatal care, so a step in the right direction, at least.
i weighed in and am up 5 lbs since my 7 week appointment. baby h3b has only grown a few ounces, but i do have amniotic fluid to blame some of that on. i think a daily walk might be in order so that i am sure to keep healthy now that i'm not working out like i used to.
it was mostly an informational appointment, but she did measure my belly (laying down, which makes it almost nonexistent) and i got to hear the heartbeat again. it was strong and fast and she said it sounded perfect.
i thought so, too.
yesterday i had my first appointment with my new doctor. i really liked her and am happy to see her for the rest of this pregnancy. she was honest and candid and i feel very comfortable with a delivery in the connected hospital. she said she'll do her best to deliver baby h3b, but that one of the 6 other doctors in the practice may also be on call during that time and could potentially be at the delivery, instead. i feel good knowing that i can meet them all, in advance, if i want and that they have similar birth philosophies. it's the most prepared i felt yet regarding prenatal care, so a step in the right direction, at least.
i weighed in and am up 5 lbs since my 7 week appointment. baby h3b has only grown a few ounces, but i do have amniotic fluid to blame some of that on. i think a daily walk might be in order so that i am sure to keep healthy now that i'm not working out like i used to.
it was mostly an informational appointment, but she did measure my belly (laying down, which makes it almost nonexistent) and i got to hear the heartbeat again. it was strong and fast and she said it sounded perfect.
i thought so, too.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
16 week belly
i think last week's belly pic, with the busy move (i took that the morning we drove across a few states) and the big black long sleeve, made my belly look bigger than it consistently is. i think i look pregnant though, even to other people now, because they look at me, then my belly. or maybe they are wondering if i am pregnant...or just full.
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